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the economy is barely limping along. it is growing at 1.3 percent. >> for a guy who says 47 percent of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their lives my friend recent y in a peach says 30 percent are takers, these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up, and my neighbors, they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> their ideas are old and their ideas are bad and they eliminate the guarantee of medicare. >> that statistic was completely misleading but more importantly -- >> that's the facts. >> this is what politicians do when they don't have a record to run on. >> rose: joining me now in new york is rich lowry, editor of the "national review", from danville is mark halperin of time magazine, chuck todd of nbc news and from washington al hunt, executive editor of bloomberg news, joining us shortly from washington will be katty kay of the bbc world news america, gwen ifill of pbs and joining us in new york is john dickerson of nbc news and slate maga
the economy is barely limping along. it is growing at 1.3 percent. >> for a guy who says 47 percent of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their lives my friend recent y in a peach says 30 percent are takers, these people are my mom and dad, the people i grew up, and my neighbors, they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> their ideas are old and their ideas are bad and they eliminate the guarantee of medicare....
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the economy was in freefall. we had the great recession hit, 9 million people lost their job. 1.7-- 1.6 trillion dollars in wealth lost, in equity in your homes and retirement accounts for the middle class. we knew we had to act for the middle class. we immediately went out and rescued general motors. we went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for middle class. and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do. romney said no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped people refinance their homes. governor romney said no, let foreclosures hit the bottom. but it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. my friend recently in a speech in washington said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad. the people i grew up. my neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. they are elderly people who, in fact, are living off social security.
the economy was in freefall. we had the great recession hit, 9 million people lost their job. 1.7-- 1.6 trillion dollars in wealth lost, in equity in your homes and retirement accounts for the middle class. we knew we had to act for the middle class. we immediately went out and rescued general motors. we went ahead and made sure that we cut taxes for middle class. and in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do. romney said no, let detroit go bankrupt. we moved in and helped...
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it's a winner take all economy. and we're desperate to get ourselves into that place and our children. you know, why is there so much appreciate sure get into the best kindergarten? to get into the best elementary school? it's not because parents parente crazy. it's because parents see that this is a winner take all society. they want their kids to be among the winners but in terms of collective good this is not a great way to run things, is it? [ applause ] >> stephen: thomas jefferson himself said -- [cheers and applause] you know when a plawd for people other than me, it hurts. [ laughter ] crist clinton crist thank you so much for joining me.
it's a winner take all economy. and we're desperate to get ourselves into that place and our children. you know, why is there so much appreciate sure get into the best kindergarten? to get into the best elementary school? it's not because parents parente crazy. it's because parents see that this is a winner take all society. they want their kids to be among the winners but in terms of collective good this is not a great way to run things, is it? [ applause ] >> stephen: thomas jefferson...
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a strong middle class driving the economy, versus trickle down policies that crashed our economy in the first place. >> thank you, stephanie cutter. >> wolf, the democrats here are quite relieved with tonight's performance. >> jessica, get stephanie. a quick followup. she is getting criticism for comments she made about libya earlier in the day, blaming the romney/ryan ticket for this investigation going on in libya right now. does she want to explain what she meant. >> wolf is asking if you would like to defend yourself from some of the criticism that's come your way throughout the day. >> from the romney campaign? >> criticism during the day because of comments you made when you said libya -- that the deaths in libya were politicized by the romney/ryan ticket. >> there is a legitimate investigation going on to ensure it will never happen again. the romney/ryan campaign, from the get go, before families were notified, came out and criticized it. even yesterday on the campaign trail, politicizing the investigation. and i think that's irresponsible and reckless. >> are you suggesting thi
a strong middle class driving the economy, versus trickle down policies that crashed our economy in the first place. >> thank you, stephanie cutter. >> wolf, the democrats here are quite relieved with tonight's performance. >> jessica, get stephanie. a quick followup. she is getting criticism for comments she made about libya earlier in the day, blaming the romney/ryan ticket for this investigation going on in libya right now. does she want to explain what she meant. >>...
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foreign policy, 26%, second, economy, 21%, third, taxes, at 17%. for perspective, last week's presidential debate ranked in at a total of 0.3 million tweets. a lot of peop
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there's been multiple studies saying that that's religion does have a direct tangible effect on the economy expression in developing nations can you talk about that well sure religion has the effect because it's given the opportunity to have an effect it's not the only thing that has an effect and when you look at the way religion works in america i mean you mention mitt romney being the first mormon president potentially being the first mormon president the mormon church just spent twenty million dollars to stop other people from getting married they spent their own money to enforce their religious beliefs on non mormons we find this repugnant we find this disgusting and no this is not useful and yes it is immoral so what we're seeing here is taking credit for being for bringing in good morals while totally disassociating itself from the responsibility that it has of letting people live their own lives people in america don't want religions telling them other people's religions telling them what they're more. these are we'll make our own moral decisions and that's what atheism brings to th
there's been multiple studies saying that that's religion does have a direct tangible effect on the economy expression in developing nations can you talk about that well sure religion has the effect because it's given the opportunity to have an effect it's not the only thing that has an effect and when you look at the way religion works in america i mean you mention mitt romney being the first mormon president potentially being the first mormon president the mormon church just spent twenty...
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what this comes down to is, how are we going to grow an economy where everybody gets a fair shot? and governor romney's prescription is that if we cut taxes by $5 trillion, skewed towards the wealthy, and we roll back regulations that i've put in place, that the economy is going to grow. and i disagree with that. >> reporter: your supporters have been saying, this wasn't a bad night. he didn't show up. >> it just looked like, to me, he really didn't want to be there. his mind wasn't on it. he didn't want to engage. >> reporter: this is legendary democratic strategist james carville. >> well, as i've said, you know, there's no doubt that i can make a better case. which is why i'm so looking forward to tuesday. >> reporter: but again, why did it happen? al gore said, was it the altitude? >> you know, the -- i'm not going to speculate on that. >> reporter: no lesson learned from it? >> well, i do think one lesson learned is just to make sure that people understand how much is at stake and how deeply i care about it. >> reporter: but we asked the president if he's second-guessing hims
what this comes down to is, how are we going to grow an economy where everybody gets a fair shot? and governor romney's prescription is that if we cut taxes by $5 trillion, skewed towards the wealthy, and we roll back regulations that i've put in place, that the economy is going to grow. and i disagree with that. >> reporter: your supporters have been saying, this wasn't a bad night. he didn't show up. >> it just looked like, to me, he really didn't want to be there. his mind wasn't...
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but there is not a go-go economy. >> jennifer: right. the bloomberg -- there was a surprise index issued by bloomberg today which says that the economy is improving more than professional forecasters had predicted. let me talk about the book. plutocrats. can you define that? >> i use it to talk at the very, very top of the distribution, the 0.001%. that in the united states the threshold is making more than $7 million a year. >> jennifer: and the danger? >> two things. first of all to say to people you know, wake up, the gap between the people at the very top and everything else is bigger than it has ever been in america. you know, it has -- it is touching the levels it touched in the guilded age. >> jennifer: and implications for the economy? >> the implications for the economy are -- i actually think we don't know for sure yet but what is to me more interesting and more important are the implications for politics. because the people at that very top now are global in their economic interests, global in their economic activities, and in
but there is not a go-go economy. >> jennifer: right. the bloomberg -- there was a surprise index issued by bloomberg today which says that the economy is improving more than professional forecasters had predicted. let me talk about the book. plutocrats. can you define that? >> i use it to talk at the very, very top of the distribution, the 0.001%. that in the united states the threshold is making more than $7 million a year. >> jennifer: and the danger? >> two things....
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he did a better job on the economy and bringing the conversation on the middle class. i thought he did a very good job on the economy part of this very well. >> unloaded on the 47% in a way that obama didn't. >> and in terms of making the best argument for his side, using the passionate arguments about middle class, that is the substance the democrats need to cling to to make their case. >> full of details. he understood issues. he took the case back to romney/ryan in terms of their programs, their issues and i think the election now will be reset, once again, because joe biden understood exactly what to do tonight. >> all right, bottom line. winner? >> ryan. >> biden. >> biden. >> and how much does it make a difference? >> stops the bleeding. makes the race stay where it is, which is dead even and sets up a big night that has to happen. raises the stakes for tuesday night. >> okay. >> no rolaids for me tonight. >> thank you all very much. and we'll be right back. so you say men are superior drivers? yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bo
he did a better job on the economy and bringing the conversation on the middle class. i thought he did a very good job on the economy part of this very well. >> unloaded on the 47% in a way that obama didn't. >> and in terms of making the best argument for his side, using the passionate arguments about middle class, that is the substance the democrats need to cling to to make their case. >> full of details. he understood issues. he took the case back to romney/ryan in terms of...
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where we are with the economy. anemic economic growth, the debt, what it means for the americans and their children, and us and our future. that is where the numbers matter, that is his strength going into this. looking back at governor's debate, he had the numbers and weaved it into the vision for america. neil: do you think he will heat. you voted against the debt commission, i know he felt the debt commission did not address entitlement, is that going to3 fall on deaf years, saying you say one thing and do another? >> i think this is not going to happen, the president is vulnerable in the debt commission, it was his idea, his debt commission, he failed to seize it he did not even take it and alter it, he let it die, that is a lack of leadership, they are vulnerable on that issue, paul ryan did have an idea. and let's put that in contrast with the president, his budget, zero vote from either party. they have a problem there with trying to take ryan to task on it. neil: we're facing a fiscal cliff, as you know, bu
where we are with the economy. anemic economic growth, the debt, what it means for the americans and their children, and us and our future. that is where the numbers matter, that is his strength going into this. looking back at governor's debate, he had the numbers and weaved it into the vision for america. neil: do you think he will heat. you voted against the debt commission, i know he felt the debt commission did not address entitlement, is that going to3 fall on deaf years, saying you say...
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that's usually bandied about as far as taxes and the economy. i don't think anybody knows what mitt romney thinks about whether a woman should have the right to choose. what i think is he's governed by the loudest, strongest voices in his own party. he makes fear-based decisions in that sense, and given that, and given the extremes to which the republican party has come on every issue concerning women and their bodies, whether that's planned parenthood funding, shutting down the last remaining abortion clinic in certain parts of the country, or the basic question of a woman's right to choose, they have shanghaied this party on the fringes of the right. mitt romney, why should we think he will do anything differently. >> and he has yet to show any strength at any point in this campaign of standing up to the right when they put pressure on him. on the issue of abortion, the differences between the two tickets could not have been clearer or the stakes more evident. here is paul ryan on why he opposes a woman's right to choose. let's listen to the m
that's usually bandied about as far as taxes and the economy. i don't think anybody knows what mitt romney thinks about whether a woman should have the right to choose. what i think is he's governed by the loudest, strongest voices in his own party. he makes fear-based decisions in that sense, and given that, and given the extremes to which the republican party has come on every issue concerning women and their bodies, whether that's planned parenthood funding, shutting down the last remaining...
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. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. throughout our lives. one a day men's 50+ is a complete multi-vitamin designed for men's health concerns as we age. it has more of 7 antioxidants to support cell health. one a day men's 50+. >>> time now for the media monitor, our weekly look at the hits and errors in the news business. the author of a barack obama biography reports he won a debate in his hawaii high school. by his own account didn't take it seriously. the reason the president faired poorly against mitt romney he writes in this morning's "the washington post" his strength navigating different cultures is also his weakness, a tendency to avoid confrontation. he makes the point by drawing on history. >>> it was a funny picture, no question about it, but was it fair? the ap photo at a romney campaign event captured the amazed look on a school girl's face and prompted a tongue lashing from bill o'reilly. >> here is the photo the associated press took at the meet and greet, a foolish shot
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including how to fix the economy. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan went after president obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president two weeks to acknowledge that this was a terrorist attack. >> reporter: while biden challenged ryan's proposed changes to medicare. >> you are jeopardizing the program. you're changing the program from a guaranteed benefit. >> reporter: it was a more heated back and forth than the first presidential debate. and biden often laughed at ryan's arguments. >> joe biden understood, tonight, he had to go back out there and do what president obama failed to do last week. >> reporter: with the race still tight, both president obama and mitt romney, watched closely. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not b
including how to fix the economy. >> we're going in the wrong direction. look at where we are. the economy is barely limping along. >> it shouldn't be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. >> reporter: ryan went after president obama for his response to the u.s. consulate attack in libya. >> it took the president...
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the economy was in free fall. we had great recession hit. 9 million people lost their job. 1.7 -- $1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes, in retire accounts from the middle class. we knew we had after the middle class. we immediately rescued general motors. we made sure we cut taxes for the middle class. in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? romney said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we helped people refinance their homes. governor romney said, no, let foreclosures hit the bottom. but it should be surprising for a guy who says 47% of the american people are unwilling to take responsibility for their own lives. bart friend in a speech said 30% of the american people are takers. these people are my mom and dad. the people i grew up with, my neighbors. they pay more effective tax than governor romney pays in his federal income tax. they are elderly people who in fact a living off social security. there veterans of people fighting in afghanistan right now who are "not paying any tax
the economy was in free fall. we had great recession hit. 9 million people lost their job. 1.7 -- $1.6 trillion in wealth lost in equity in your homes, in retire accounts from the middle class. we knew we had after the middle class. we immediately rescued general motors. we made sure we cut taxes for the middle class. in addition to that, when that occurred, what did romney do? romney said, no, let detroit go bankrupt. we helped people refinance their homes. governor romney said, no, let...
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it was the economy. we should have talked more about the economy and how barak obama would lessen opportunities for economic recovery at the time. instead, i was asked to memorize a whole lot of things about foreign policy that weren't as relevant in the voters' minds has the economy was. so looked at the note cards over a number of days and finally realizing how inconsistent and a bit convoluted some of the answers were at some point the candidate just has to kind of chuck those and decide, i will stand on my own record, my own philosophy, my own principles, making sure they coincide with the top of the ticket's views and we'll go from there in the debate. >> bill: you are went rogue and threw the cards away and were yourself and that's what happened. tonight the vice president is going to throw -- try to throw, and i'm sure did he this to you. let me ask you that question first. you were considered a neofight. governor of alaska. very similar to ryan. this is the first time he's really had this kind of
it was the economy. we should have talked more about the economy and how barak obama would lessen opportunities for economic recovery at the time. instead, i was asked to memorize a whole lot of things about foreign policy that weren't as relevant in the voters' minds has the economy was. so looked at the note cards over a number of days and finally realizing how inconsistent and a bit convoluted some of the answers were at some point the candidate just has to kind of chuck those and decide, i...
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he's ahead on the economy in florida, ahead on the economy in virginia, but behind in ohio. it sort of tells me, that sort of explains the leads. maybe it's better, as good as any number that you have out there. >> sure. this is such an important question in terms of not only the right direction, which has gotten a little tighter in terms of people thinking things are heading a little better than they were, but in terms of the economy, romney in the driver's seat in those two states but not necessarily in ohio. and the favorable or unfavorable, very important here. romney lifted his favorabilities in all three states as a result of the debate. but in ohio, he's still upside down. obama still over 50 in all three states. so he didn't get hurt. romney got helped. the race got closer. >> we also had a conservative ideological advantage of conservative in the exit polls. what do you tell folks that look at those numbers? >> this tells you you can't weight your data by party idea. we've said it a million times during the campaign. there's national polls. they had a 15-point swing
he's ahead on the economy in florida, ahead on the economy in virginia, but behind in ohio. it sort of tells me, that sort of explains the leads. maybe it's better, as good as any number that you have out there. >> sure. this is such an important question in terms of not only the right direction, which has gotten a little tighter in terms of people thinking things are heading a little better than they were, but in terms of the economy, romney in the driver's seat in those two states but...
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it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go on our website. he sent me two letters saying, by the way, can you send me stimulus money for companies here in the state of wisconsin? we sent millions of dollars. >> you did ask for stimulus money? >> on two oaks we advocated for constituents who were applying for grants. that's what we do. we do that for all constituents. >> i love that. i love that. >> i love that, too. once again, obstructionist republicans opposing policies that they actually support and know will be valuable for americans. >> the romney team had a bit of an issue this week, romney had a multiple choice situa
it's not the deficit, it's the economy, wall street, meltdown. he starts talking about we put iraq, afghanistan, wars that biden himself voted for, he went down the wrong route after introducing a good point there. >> paul ryan didn't push him on that, wasn't quick enough to recognize -- >> you voted to are that, sir. >> that would have been painful. the stimulus letter discussion was absolutely devastating. >> i love my friend here. i'm not allowed to show letters. go...
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and it turns out that 49% of those polled say they think the economy is improving. only 42% say it's getting worse. and then in the same poll it says that 42% say the economy is in fair shape while 41% say economic conditions are poor. okay. so, i don't really understand these numbers but apparently 49% of the people think things might not be great now but they are getting better. so, does that hurt romney's ability to make the case for his policies versus obamas? >> i think not. because i think most of those people undery stand where the credit for an improving economy rest after four years of struggle. 23 million people, laura, still either are not working, having given up on the prospect of full-time employment or simply have walked away from the very idea of finding work. there is stem plenty of fain. qui do a percentage of the total population of the country. 23 million people is a huge number of folks to be suffering. i believe that the president has to make a case for the policies that have failed to this point. we have seen consecutive years of lower economi
and it turns out that 49% of those polled say they think the economy is improving. only 42% say it's getting worse. and then in the same poll it says that 42% say the economy is in fair shape while 41% say economic conditions are poor. okay. so, i don't really understand these numbers but apparently 49% of the people think things might not be great now but they are getting better. so, does that hurt romney's ability to make the case for his policies versus obamas? >> i think not. because...
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we are happy to see some improvement in the economy. but the economy is weak they er year than last year. it was weaker last year than the year before. >> the administration is being told about the takes in libya. it's a campaign issue. this is the first time that an ambassador has been asnatsz s e assassinated. the ambassador's father said this morning he doesn't want to it be campaign issue. does that cause you concern about governor romney bringing it up on the stump? >> well, he didn't say it was a campaign issue. he said it was an issue. it's something the american people are concerned about, jake. look, you have been on top of this. have seen some of the tough questions you have been asking the white house on it. folks want to know why wasn't the security there and why did the administration try so hard to create the wrong image of what happened? they went out of their way to say it was because of a video. it was a terrorist attack. we lost an ambassador and three other brave americans. it needs to be explained to the american peo
we are happy to see some improvement in the economy. but the economy is weak they er year than last year. it was weaker last year than the year before. >> the administration is being told about the takes in libya. it's a campaign issue. this is the first time that an ambassador has been asnatsz s e assassinated. the ambassador's father said this morning he doesn't want to it be campaign issue. does that cause you concern about governor romney bringing it up on the stump? >> well, he...